Status of Women Canada Category Archive

The CBC is providing a soapbox for a Liberal-funded attack on the Conservative Party's policy on childcare. And a terribly inaccurate attack at that, delivered by someone who is more interested in restoring her government funding than in actually delivering on childcare spaces.

I'm a man, so what do I know? But I know how to research. So when someone makes a factual statement on why women in this country need a government department to help them, I figure I should be able to find some data to support that assertion.

A chorus of calls to eliminate the Status of Women Canada as a government agency is getting noticed.

One of the most one-sided and narrow-minded government agencies in Canada is the Status of Women Canada. It exists to funnel money to feminist groups, but only one flavour of feminism. Women's groups that promote more conservative feminine virtues are not "equality based" are don't get any money. Any women's group that does not subscribe to a "woman as the victim" view is likely to leave empty-handed if it were to ask for funding.

Who decides? Radical feminists, of course.

And when one of those conservative women's groups, REAL Women, began a campaign to have women write to MPs to challenge the funding of this agency, the radicals started a counter campaign. But while REAL Women had to pay out of pocket, the feminists used funds from the Status of Women budget to fund their effort.

That can't be right.

So if you are fed up with being forced to fund special interest groups, disbanding the Status of Women Canada is probably one of the best places to start. Check out Big Blue Wave, and follow the links to hear what other Canadian women bloggers are saying.

If you are a woman, and a blogger, share your thoughts and get a link.

If you are a man, and a blogger, help by driving some traffic over.